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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Noboru Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Asao Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Go Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toner for developing an electrostatic image is disclosed. The toner has softening point Tsp of from 90° C. to 110° C., and the toner satisfies the relation of 0.02≦(Sw/S)×100≦10, Sw being an area of a wax domain having largest diameter among wax domains at a cross section of the toner particle, and S being entire area of the cross section of the toner particle.